Tuesday, July 29, 2008 – Scientology in Native America: (listen)
Members of the Blackfeet tribe of Montana recently gave a surprising honor to a religious leader. L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the controversial Church of Scientology, was posthumously awarded a war bonnet from the Blackfeet. According to news accounts, some tribal members are embracing the new religion. Other members of the tribe are wary, citing many other religions that have come to their reservation promising many things. Is Native America’s missionary past affecting how we view Scientology? Guests are former Blackfeet tribal council member Betty Cooper (Blackfeet), Lisa Uvizl, spokesperson for the Friends of L. Ron Hubbard Foundation.

Largo police Officer Daniel Ross discovered the bound woman Tuesday morning after a neighbor called police to report a suspicious vehicle on her street. The neighbor told Ross that two women had left the vehicle and had entered a house at 210 Seventh Ave. SW.

Ross saw a man, later identified as Hemphill(Uvizl's dad), in the driveway, starting a van. The man greeted Ross as he approached and said his wife was resisting going to the doctor, Ross said.

The man said he and two friends bound his wife's wrists so they could take her to the doctor.

"I kind of raised my eyebrows and said: 'Really? Is she okay and can I go see her?' " Ross said.

Once inside the home, Ross said, he saw Hemphill's wife standing in the dining room with black electrical tape around her wrists, which were pulled behind her back. Popa and Miller stood next to her, Ross said.

Hemphill told Ross his wife had stopped taking hormone replacement medication a few weeks ago. Her behavior had become erratic, and she had trouble sleeping, he said.

Hemphill also said he had scheduled visits with other doctors for his wife, but she had missed all her appointments, Ross said.

Ross said Hemphill told him he had persuaded his wife to see a doctor Tuesday, but she had refused. Hemphill then locked the doors, unplugged the phone, put the dog in another room and summoned Popa and Miller to the house, Ross said.

"It kind of came to a head," Ross said. "She dug in her heels and said no. He took her to the ground and they piled on and held her arms.

"It was no time before she was on the floor and the two women were holding her arms and her husband was taping up her wrists," the officer added.

Hemphill's wife said it wasn't the first time her husband had physically abused her, Ross said. She told Ross she did not report the previous abuse to police, but reported it to the Church of Scientology, of which the Hemphills are members. Ross said Mrs. Hemphill told him a Scientology counselor had been assigned to help the couple.

Church spokesman Ben Shaw said he does not know the Hemphills and knew nothing about the incident.

Most church auditors are trained in marriage counseling for church members, he said. Those sessions are confidential, he said.

Asked if a counselor, knowing of physical violence, would report it to police, Shaw responded, "If someone was breaking the law, absolutely it would be reported to law enforcement."

Ross said all parties involved fully cooperated once he entered the house.

"Everyone seemed really happy to see me. They said: 'We're so glad you're here. Maybe you can take her to the doctor,' " Ross said. "They appeared to me to think they were justified in what they did."

Hemphill's wife asked him to cut the tape, which he did.

Ross said Hemphill's wife told him she had never taken any hormone replacement drugs.

"She was lucid. There was no reason, in my opinion, to take her anywhere against her will," Ross said.

Police called the doctor, who verified Mrs. Hemphill's appointment, her first. The doctor, whose office is in St. Petersburg, told police he did not know, nor approve, of Hemphill tying up his wife to bring her there, Ross said.

Ross said Hemphill and his friends seemed contrite.

"They were a bit surprised and admitted they made a mistake and shouldn't have done that," Ross said. "When I was walking them to the car I explained to them that only a limited number of people have the authority to take someone into custody, and they aren't one of them."

Hemphill was being held at the Pinellas County Jail on Wednesday in lieu of $25,000 bail. Popa, of Belleair, and Miller, of Dunedin, were released after posting $5,000 bail each, jail records show.

Cathleen and Terry Hemphill were interviewed in the investigation of
the death of Lisa McPherson, they both worked for AMC Publishing as
did Lisa McPherson:

"Terry Hemphill stated he was employed by AMC Publishing in either May
or June of 1995. Terry stated he worked with Lisa for approximately
four months. Terry stated he didn't really know Lisa McPherson. Terry
did not provided [sic] any useful information regarding this investigation."

The U.S. state of California enacted Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16 in 1992, a statute intended to prevent the misuse of litigation in SLAPP suits. It provides for a special motion which a defendant can file at the outset of a lawsuit to strike a complaint where the complaint arises from conduct that falls within the rights of petition or free speech. The statute expressly applies to any writing or speech made in connection with an issue under consideration or review by a legislative, executive, or judicial proceeding, or any other official proceeding authorized by law, but there is no requirement that the writing or speech be promulgated directly to the official body. It also applies to speech in a public forum about an issue of public interest and to any other petition or speech conduct about an issue of public interest.

The filing of an anti-SLAPP motion prevents the plaintiff from amending the complaint and stays all discovery. If the special motion is denied, the filing of an appeal immediately stays the trial court proceedings as to each challenged cause of action. Defendants prevailing on an anti-SLAPP motion (including any subsequent appeal) are entitled to a mandatory award of reasonable attorney’s fees. More than 200 published court opinions have interpreted and applied California's anti-SLAPP law.

I say go for it. At the very least its an immediate gauranteed appeal.

I don't know if ambulance medics are able to take someone to the hospital if they resist ?

Not unless they can no longer speak for themselves. I head a difficult set of episodes with someone who didn't want to see a doctor or go on the ambulance ride who had a habit of having her throat constricting until asphyxiation.

Once she passed out & could no longer refuse to go on the ambulance, the medical professionals got to make that choice.

There *may* also be a lucidity test that the medical professionals can perform to see if you can comprehend the question. But if the person understands it, there doesn't see to be much they can do. There might also be exceptions for actively suicidal people.

Regarding the article How much oddity can one town take? there are a few things missing.

The "oddity" is the fact that Bob Minton is portrayed only as an oddity.

Bob Minton has been arrested twice for assault. He is a man who fired his shotgun [he was on his property and scientologists were trespassing it] above the heads of two people because "he doesn't like what they're doing"!

Neither Minton nor any of his followers are good for Clearwater. They are not here to contribute in any way! They are all from out of town and don't care about Clearwater or any of its citizens. They should all go back home and think about doing something good for a change.

Scientology, on the other hand, has done a great deal for this community. We Scientologists are all working very hard to improve the community by, among other things, helping to keep it clean, helping its children and assisting the community in social activities.

You need to take a look at what will help take this community forward rather than take away from it.
-- Ray Hemphill, Largo

As a kid yes, but now she goes on to talks shows to promote Narconon and deny any existence of disconnection. At 33 years of age she should know better.

If she is a victim, that makes EVERYBODY in scientology a victim including all the executives at Gold and Flag. Based on your argument, then David Miscavige is a victim of scientology since he was brought up in it.

Frankly, when someone actively promotes scientology, they are no longer victims, but instead perpetrators and liable for the damage they have caused to people.

THE APOCRYPHAL
Greg Bishop's "Best ofL.A." characterization, in his piece on Jack Parsons, of L. Ron Hubbard as a tool of Aleister Crowley's Ordo Templi Orientalis is utterly false. Mr. Hubbard was sent in by U.S. Intelligence to disband Parsons' black-magic group. Those associated with the OTO had become a serious security threat to the nation's atomic-research program, with suspected Nazi sympathizers among them and scientists from Caltech and Los Alamos (Manhattan Project) suspected of engaging in rituals involving sex and drugs. Clearly a security nightmare.

Mr. Hubbard succeeded in his assignment. In 1946, Parsons' lodge of the OTO dispersed. Parsons lost his government security clearance in 1948, and other scientists involved in his group were among the 64 stripped of their security clearances after the war.

It really is time for the L.A. Weekly to reassess its perspective and policy regarding such attempts to denigrate Scientology, the religion of tens of thousands of people in your readership area.

--Lissa Uvizl
Manager, L. Ron Hubbard Life Exhibition

She's hopeless

A telegram from Crowley from 1946, the year Parsons got booted:

"About [Parsons]--all I can say is that I am very sorry--I felt sure that he had fine ideas, but he was led astray [. . .], then he was robbed of his last penny by a confidence man named Hubbard."

Did we ever think that Uvizl might be her married name? CoS do love to marry off their SO members. Or she could be child from her mom's previous marriage. She is listed as a grandchild of Ray Hemphill Sr. in an obit for 2000.

But didn't we discover she was on a religious worker visa from 1995?

Also it appears form court papers she moved from Catalina Big Blue berths where she lived in 2005 to Bronson

Completions dont have to be published. Just because they arent there doesnt mean they havent been done.

And could someone--maybe the person who found it-- repost the religious worker info discovered on her? Or did I just dream it?

This was strictly based on the fact that the HGB building is swarming with foreign SeaOrg and security guards (Frenchie, Ruskie, FemaRuskie, SpaniSci, etc). With a name like Uvizl it was assumed she could have been a foreign religious worker with a Czech name. She is apparently of Cherokee origins. Definitely they don't need visas !

BTW, the reason they're pushing Narconon on native Americans is because of their new found wealth in Indian casinos. There's huge money there and scientology is going after it. Most Indians don't seem to enthralled about scientology itself (based on the above radio interview), but scientology always has a front group to bring in money. Casinos have to spend a substantial percentage of profits on the reservations and Narconon is clearly going after that money.

BTW, the reason they're pushing Narconon on native Americans is because of their new found wealth in Indian casinos. There's huge money there and scientology is going after it. Most Indians don't seem to enthralled about scientology itself (based on the above radio interview), but scientology always has a front group to bring in money. Casinos have to spend a substantial percentage of profits on the reservations and Narconon is clearly going after that money.

The topic of SLAPP lawsuits was discussed yesterday at Angry Gay Pope hearing in LA court. I didn't capture all he details, but the Judge said he was familiar with SLAPP suits.

Could someone who attended or Graham, please explain the details of the discussion ?

Most judges are aware of SLAPP suits, which are nothing more than frivilous lawsuits that have no merit, which when filed, have to make their way through the court system until heard by a judge then dismissed if found to be frivolous.

Examples of real SLAPP suits filed that were dismissed:

(1) Chicago woman asks husband to shovel snow off driveway of home. Husband declines. Woman does it & falls breaking her leg. She sues husband for damages (to teach him a lesson).

Because of the nature which TROs are often applied for, whether it be ovver a very real situation or someone wanting to use it to exact revenge on someone (Moxie vs. AGP), no doubt Judge Rico has heard alot of SLAPP suits in his time. He ruled in a case involving Hilary Duff:Duff Drops Restraining Order Request - washingtonpost.com

Ray Hemphill (Otis), born in Mosquero, N.M., 75, a longtime resident of Albuquerque died Friday, June 9, 2000. Ray is survived by his wife, Billie Hemphill; son, James V. and Barbara Hemphill of Kingwood, TX; son, Ray and Cathy Hemphill of Clearwater, FL and children, Lissa Uvizl, Amy Gabaldon, and Jason Hemphill, Pamela Kaye Eberle and children, Sara and Amelia of Rio Rancho; James M. and Adrian Brennan of Austin, TX; Burton E. and Mayo Dikelsky of Crete, IL; and daughter, Sheryl Dikelsky of New York City, and William M. and Bonny Schulenburg and children, Shannon, Krissy, and Matt Bennette of El Paso, TX; Ray was preceded in death by his brother, Dean Vance Hemphill; parents, Cecil Vance and Pearl Eula Hemphill. Graveside Services will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, New Mexico with Col. Lem Boyles, officiating. Visitation will be at French Mortuary, Wyoming Blvd. Chapel, 7121 Wyoming NE, Wednesday, from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

She's a devious $cilon like the best of them. She denies knowing anything about Xenu or OT levels, yet she has parents that are long time scientologists and Clears. She's 33, so if she was adopted by these people, she had to have been around scientology for at least 20 years.

An example of her devious tricks: She's on this radio show in Montana (Native America Calling) and by sheer luck a couple of people call in from Clearwater Florida. It was ALL a setup.

I agree she must be trained but then why did she do all these dumb sec check things:

1. approach an sp
2. talk to an sp
3. turn back on sp

Apparently people have been rpf'd for turning their backs on sp's before. I can't thinkk of his name but their gay spokes guy. Not TC. What'sizname?

Yeah, but you're not OFFICIALLY an SP yet. Where's your SP declare ? It has to be printed on special orange paper you know (AnonOrange wants one SO bad) I saw Tory's SP declare and it was a funny read. They talked about squirrels in there -- no kidding !

Also, why is turing your back to an SP be cause to be RPF'd ? What should a good $cilon do ? Remain stoic and stare at infinity ?

She's a devious like the best of them. She denies knowing anything about Xenu or OT levels, yet she has parents that are long time scientologists and Clears. She's 33, so if she was adopted by these people, she has to have been around scientology for at least 20 years.

Lissa was most likely being truthful to AGP.Remember: you have to think like a Scientologist. . There is no evidence that her parents have completed any OT levels. But if they had completed OT-3 and learned about Xenu, it is a "sacred scripture" they would be forbidden to talk about it, even to their children. Because, as Scientology propaganda dictates, they would not be ready to hear it, not understand it & could actually be very harmful to them if they heard about it.

If Lissa's adoptive parents are not OT's, I doubt Lissa is, and therefore, the whole subject of Xenu is unknown to her. You have to remember the enormous importance of how secrecy & spiritual "earplugs," lie with this cult.

The other aspect is purely economic. Many of the young Scientologists today grew up in the cult or entered it at a very young age when their parents joined. If Scientology depends on the thousands of dollars it reaps in profit from selling the OT levels, how would it affect future sales if adults graduating from the OTs simply passed the knowledge down to their kids & what would be there incentive for paying to go up the bridge if they already knew what was awaiting them.

Remember: Scientology is a global financial scam. It's purpose is two-fold:
(1) world domination ("clearing the planet") and perpetuating an SP genocide; and (2) scamming the innocent for profit... money breeds power.

thanks pooks.
so putting together the obit and the legal papers, her name is the same now as it was eight years ago in 2000 when her grandfather died. so, if she is 33 as someone stated if i recall correctly, she was about 25 when gramps died, and had the name she has now. weird. why aren't we finding the U name among other members, possibly a spouse? i hope someone is getting my drift here. wonder how long she's been in LA. maybe we need to do a timeline on her. looks like some think she is adopted, but still kept a birthname? in the obit she's not listed as with spouse like other relatives.